Blaze DFM was founded in 2004 to develop and deliver electrical DFM solutions for integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), fabless semiconductor companies, and silicon foundries.

“DFM has been my focus for nearly a decade and now, at the 90nm and 65nm nodes, manufacturing challenges have become acute. Today, I see a lot of effort and resources directed at minor improvements to existing solutions, but as an industry, we should be striving for major, groundbreaking advancements – literally entire technology nodes of cost and ROI improvements – rather than settling for a few percentage points in incremental yield gains.”

Background

• Electrical DFM – Power and timing focus
• Twenty patents filed, one granted, exclusive IP license from UCSD
• First full-chip SOC tapeout – December 2005
• First customer silicon – March 2006
• Silicon shows strong parametric yield improvements
• Top-tier customers
• Strong foundry relationships
• Over 40 employees
• Corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California

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Blaze MO™ leakage power optimization software is in production

• Intelligent OPC biasing delivers improved power, timing and parametric yield
• Blaze MO has been proven in silicon to reduce subthreshold leakage power by more than 20% and leakage variability by more than 30%

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Blaze IF™ intelligent fill synthesis software is in production

• Intelligent fill synthesis delivers improved power, timing and parametric yield
• Blaze IF has been proven in silicon to reduce variations in inter-layer dielectric by more than 50%

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